Sunday, November 9, 2014

Shrine of St. Anthony, Maryland

The Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City is a Franciscan monastery with a bunch of monks and a fine chapel. The chapel is open to visitors, so we visited.

The monastery

The courtyard

The chapel is a small part of the whole monastery. It's nestled in the right wing of the building.

Chapel

The main altar is fairly modern, with a San Damiano cross overhead and a mosaic of St. Francis receiving the stigmata.

Main altar

Franciscan crucifix

On the left, St. Francis receives the stigmata

On the right, Christ sends down His stigmata

The back of the chapel has some statues and a reliquary.

Back of chapel

Fanciest reliquary ever?

St. Joseph

St. Francis

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